[1][2][3] According to local traditions, the mosque dates back to the time of Sheikh Hassan Molanabad, a famous mystic and mathematician of the Afshari era.

When Nader Shah Afshar left for Baghdad, he passed through Saqqez and at the request of Sheikh Hassan Molanabad to build a mosque for the people of that city, Nader Shah ordered the construction of this mosque in the old part of Saqqez.

One of the signs and reasons for the validity of this claim is that in this journey, Nader Shah also gives two inlays and a beautiful painted leather tablecloth as a gift to Sheikh Hassan.

There is also a Manuscript Quran in the tomb of Sheikh Hassan, which dates back to the late Afshari period.

In its construction, materials such as raw clay, mud mortar, carcasses, bricks and wood have been used.